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1 MONTH LATER

" PARENTS MAAN GAYEIN.'' READ THE MESSAGE FROM AASHIYA.
MY JOY KNEW NO BOUNDS. I WAS CLIMBING UP AND UP ON MY BED. I WAS CRYING WITH HAPPINESS. THE IMPOSSIBLE HAS HAPPENED.
" CONNGRATULATIONS MRS.POTDAR."
" TO YOU TOO. MR.ATHARVA."

OUR LOVE WAS SOMETHING UNUSUAL. IT DIDN'T CONSIST OF MEETS, CUDDLING, DATES, WATCHING MOVIES. IT CONSISTED OF VIRTUAL DATES WHEREIN WE WATCHED OUR FAVORITE TV SERIES IN OTHER SCREENS WHILE VIDEO CHATTING. WE HAD DINNER DATES TOGETHER. DISTANCE MADE OUR LOVE GROW FONDER AND PURER. THAT TRUST WHICH WE HAD BETWEEN US WAS SOMETHING COMMENDABLE. I HAD NOT KNOWN LOVE UNTIL I GOT TO KNOW AASHIYA. SHE ACCEPTED ME THE WAY I WAS. I THOUGHT,  A LONG DISTANCE RELATIONSHIP WON'T WORK BUT IT'S SOMETHING SURREAL I FEEL. 26th SEPTEMBER WAS FINALIZED AS THE DAY WHEN Ms AASHIYA MEHTA WOULD TURN INTO Mrs AASHIYA POTDAR. HAPPINESS WAS ALL AROUND. LOVE WAS IN THE AIR.

26th SEPTEMBER

EVERY ACQUAINTANCE ARRIVED. EVERYTHING WAS GOING PERFECT. LAST MOMENT CHANGES WERE TAKING PLACE AS IN EVERY WEDDING. AASHIYA'S DAD WAS IN MIXED EMOTIONS. HE DIDN'T KNEW WHETHER TO SMILE COZ HIS PRINCESS WAS ABOUT TO BECOME SOMEONE'S QUEEN. OR TO CRY, COZ HE HAD NO CONTROL OVER HER NOW? I WAS CONFUSED. WAS THIS END OF ONE INNINGS AND BEGINNING OF ANOTHER? OR WAS EVERYTHING GONNA CHANGE WILDLY? URGH. MY MIND WAS NOT STABLE EVEN ON THIS PRECIOUS DAY. THEN ENTERED ADHIKSHA AND I GAVE KABIR A RUGGED EXPRESSION ASKING WHO INVITED HER. HE SAID THAT AASHIYA FELT IMPORTANT FOR YOUR EX GIRLFRIEND TO ATTEND THIS. ADHIKSHA CAME NEAR ME AND SAID.
" NICE PROGRESS BUDDY."
" THANKS FOR COMING."
" I WONDER YOU DIDN'T WANT ME TO ATTEND YOUR WEDDING"
" OF COURSE, BUT BEFORE THIS CEREMONY BEGINS, JUST TELL ME WHY?"
" I HAD MY OWN REASONS"
" WAS THERE ANY FAULT IN ME?"
" ATHARVA YAAAAR. CHHOD NA PURAANI BAATEIN." SAID KABIR.
" OKAY. FRIENDS AGAIN?" I EXTENDED MY HAND TOWARDS HER.
" SURE."
MARRIAGE CEREMONY WINDED UP AT 7 IN THE EVENING. IT WAS PERFECT IN MANY WAYS. I AND AASHIYA WERE FINALLY MARRIED. I AND ADHIKSHA WERE BACK TO FRIENDSHIP AGAIN. AND MANY MORE THINGS.

THIS WAS THE GREAT WEDDING. WHAT HAPPENS NEXT? LET'S LIVE THEIR LIFE, ONE LAST TIME ON 5TH MAY IN THE NEXT PART.

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